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<p class='vspace'></p><h2>Energia/Arduino/Processing Language Comparison</h2>
<p>The Energia language (based on Arduino and Wiring) is implemented in C/C++, and therefore has some differences from the Processing language, which is based on Java.
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<p class='vspace'></p><h3>Arrays</h3>
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<td  width='33%' bgcolor='#CCCCCC' valign='top'> <em>Energia</em></td>
<td  width='33%' bgcolor='#999999' valign='top'> <em>Arduino</em></td>
<td  width='33%' bgcolor='#CCCCCC' valign='top'> <em>Processing</em></td>
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<td  valign='top'> int bar[8]; <br clear='all' /> bar[0] = 1;</td>
<td  valign='top'> int bar[8]; <br clear='all' /> bar[0] = 1;</td>
<td  valign='top'> int[] bar = new int[8]; <br clear='all' /> bar[0] = 1;</td>
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<td  bgcolor='#CCCCCC' valign='top'> int foo[] = { 0, 1, 2 };</td>
<td  bgcolor='#999999' valign='top'> int foo[] = { 0, 1, 2 };</td>
<td   bgcolor='#CCCCCC' valign='top'> int foo[] = { 0, 1, 2 }; <br clear='all' /> <em>or</em> <br clear='all' /> int[] foo = { 0, 1, 2 };</td>
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<p class='vspace'></p><h3>Loops</h3>
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<td  width='33%' bgcolor='#CCCCCC' valign='top'> <em>Energia</em></td>
<td  width='33%' bgcolor='#999999' valign='top'> <em>Arduino</em></td>
<td  width='33%' bgcolor='#CCCCCC' valign='top'> <em>Processing</em></td>
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<td  valign='top'> int i; <br clear='all' /> for (i = 0; i &lt; 5; i++) {  ... }</td>
<td  valign='top'> int i; <br clear='all' /> for (i = 0; i &lt; 5; i++) {  ... }</td>
<td  valign='top'> for (int i = 0; i &lt; 5; i++) { ... }</td>
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<p class='vspace'></p><h3>Printing</h3>
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<td  width='33%' bgcolor='#CCCCCC' valign='top'> <em>Energia</em></td>
<td  width='33%' bgcolor='#999999' valign='top'> <em>Arduino</em></td>
<td  width='33%' bgcolor='#CCCCCC' valign='top'> <em>Processing</em></td>
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<td  valign='top'> Serial.println("hello world");</td>
<td  valign='top'> Serial.println("hello world");</td>
<td  valign='top'> println("hello world");</td>
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<td  bgcolor='#999999' valign='top'> int i = 5; <br clear='all' /> Serial.println(i); </td>
<td  bgcolor='#999999' valign='top'> int i = 5; <br clear='all' /> Serial.println(i); </td>
<td  bgcolor='#CCCCCC' valign='top'> int i = 5; <br clear='all' /> println(i);</td>
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<td  valign='top'> int i = 5; <br clear='all' /> Serial.print("i = "); <br clear='all' /> Serial.print(i); <br clear='all' /> Serial.println();</td>
<td  valign='top'> int i = 5; <br clear='all' /> Serial.print("i = "); <br clear='all' /> Serial.print(i); <br clear='all' /> Serial.println();</td>
<td  valign='top'> int i = 5; <br clear='all' /> println("i = " + i);</td>
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<p class='vspace'></p><p><em>Corrections, suggestions, and new documentation should be posted to the <a class='urllink' href='http://forum.43oh.com/forum/28-energia/' rel='nofollow'>Forum</a>.</em>
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<p class='vspace'></p><p>The text of the Energia Reference is licensed under a
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